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Do Skoroy Vstrechi
Jun. 7th, 2012 09:31 pmI've been watching Russian music videos again, and I keep coming back to Zveri's "Do Skoroy Vstrechi." Most fluffily romantic Russian music video ever. (And before anyone wonders, it's legit fluffy, not just "fluffy for a Russian music video." You know, the way Anne Karenina is fluffy for a Russian novel.)
I want fic for this video so badly. Their relationship! Where does it go from here?
It's totally not necessary to know Russian to get the story, although the dialogue at the beginning adds a little extra irony. So this guy's driving around St. Petersburg (I think?) in a snazzy car, and he pulls over to pick up a beautiful girl who's hitchhiking, and they get to chatting:
She: Is this a Ferrari?
He: No, a Bentley.
She: Never heard of it....
A long pause.
She: My name's Masha.
We never do find out his name. Let's call him Kolya.
Masha and Kolya hit it off so brilliantly that when he drops her off he offers to take her out again. But! There is a twist! The car isn't his, he just borrowed it from the auto repair shop where he works. To test drive it. For five or six hours. The way you do.
Clearly, as a mechanic Kolya doesn't have the money to take a classy lady like Masha out for a date, but he borrows from his workmates and then he and Masha have the best date ever (they twine their arms together to drink from each other's wine glasses! They dance on the bridge of the Neva! She wraps her scarf around his neck! I am dead of cute).
But alas, the car must be returned to its owner the next day. With heavy heart Kolya drives the car around to the front to return it to its owner...
...and the owner is Masha! Not only does she know exactly what Bentleys are, she owns one! They stare at each other and then have a good laugh about it.
Right in front of the guy who owns the shop. I hope Kolya has a good explanation for all of this or he's going to be so fired for borrowing the customer's vehicles.
Which leaves me with my burning question: how does their relationship develop from here? Given that the relationship is founded on lies and economic incompatibility the obvious answer is "it doesn't," but that's so boring.
After Kolya gets fired, maybe Masha could get her father to hire him? (She strikes me as the daughter of someone rich.)
Masha: Papa! A really cute mechanic just got fired because he stole my car from the auto shop in order to take me on a date! Can we keep him?
No, obviously she'll have to be more subtle. "Papa! I've just learned that the mechanics at the auto shop sometimes 'borrow' our cars for joyrides when they're supposed to be fixing them. We should hire our own mechanic to look after our family fleet. I'll sift through the applications, you don't have to do a thing."
Because hiring him wouldn't create an alarming power imbalance in their relationship and thereby destroy the adorable vibe of the video at all. I am not sure how to write a fic in keeping with video's flufftastic atmosphere. Part of the reason it is so charmingly fluffy is that they've created a liminal space, where nothing matters but the fact that they get along really well; in a long-term relationship, now that they know more about each other, the fact that he's a mechanic and she owns a Bentley may cause, well, issues. Can their relationship continue? Can it be happy?
(It need not be happy. It's a Russian music video, after all, go to town on the tragedy.)
Which only makes me want "The Continuing Adventures of Masha and her Mechanic" more! Issues make everything more interesting. As does tragedy!
No, no, I'll call it The Mechanic and Masha. As an homage to Bulgakov's amazing The Master and Margarita! Oh! Oh! I COULD THROW IN A TALKING DEVIL CAT.
I want fic for this video so badly. Their relationship! Where does it go from here?
It's totally not necessary to know Russian to get the story, although the dialogue at the beginning adds a little extra irony. So this guy's driving around St. Petersburg (I think?) in a snazzy car, and he pulls over to pick up a beautiful girl who's hitchhiking, and they get to chatting:
She: Is this a Ferrari?
He: No, a Bentley.
She: Never heard of it....
A long pause.
She: My name's Masha.
We never do find out his name. Let's call him Kolya.
Masha and Kolya hit it off so brilliantly that when he drops her off he offers to take her out again. But! There is a twist! The car isn't his, he just borrowed it from the auto repair shop where he works. To test drive it. For five or six hours. The way you do.
Clearly, as a mechanic Kolya doesn't have the money to take a classy lady like Masha out for a date, but he borrows from his workmates and then he and Masha have the best date ever (they twine their arms together to drink from each other's wine glasses! They dance on the bridge of the Neva! She wraps her scarf around his neck! I am dead of cute).
But alas, the car must be returned to its owner the next day. With heavy heart Kolya drives the car around to the front to return it to its owner...
...and the owner is Masha! Not only does she know exactly what Bentleys are, she owns one! They stare at each other and then have a good laugh about it.
Right in front of the guy who owns the shop. I hope Kolya has a good explanation for all of this or he's going to be so fired for borrowing the customer's vehicles.
Which leaves me with my burning question: how does their relationship develop from here? Given that the relationship is founded on lies and economic incompatibility the obvious answer is "it doesn't," but that's so boring.
After Kolya gets fired, maybe Masha could get her father to hire him? (She strikes me as the daughter of someone rich.)
Masha: Papa! A really cute mechanic just got fired because he stole my car from the auto shop in order to take me on a date! Can we keep him?
No, obviously she'll have to be more subtle. "Papa! I've just learned that the mechanics at the auto shop sometimes 'borrow' our cars for joyrides when they're supposed to be fixing them. We should hire our own mechanic to look after our family fleet. I'll sift through the applications, you don't have to do a thing."
Because hiring him wouldn't create an alarming power imbalance in their relationship and thereby destroy the adorable vibe of the video at all. I am not sure how to write a fic in keeping with video's flufftastic atmosphere. Part of the reason it is so charmingly fluffy is that they've created a liminal space, where nothing matters but the fact that they get along really well; in a long-term relationship, now that they know more about each other, the fact that he's a mechanic and she owns a Bentley may cause, well, issues. Can their relationship continue? Can it be happy?
(It need not be happy. It's a Russian music video, after all, go to town on the tragedy.)
Which only makes me want "The Continuing Adventures of Masha and her Mechanic" more! Issues make everything more interesting. As does tragedy!
No, no, I'll call it The Mechanic and Masha. As an homage to Bulgakov's amazing The Master and Margarita! Oh! Oh! I COULD THROW IN A TALKING DEVIL CAT.
